Hello Pentaxians,
I am pleased to announce that progress has been on a steady incline since dgaies and I began our little case study almost three days go.
It's a funny thing how things like camera's always require a measure of time to become familiarized with, before getting the most out of it.
In this case, the K-5 is no exception, as dgaies has been honing his low light/high ISO skills, I've had the opportunity to improve file handling and output as well.
And the combination works to give us an early preview of the good things to come...
Having said that, I must say that the K-5 has not only proven to run with the best in terms of low light performance, BUT... its also proving to be one of those things, that leaves you scratching your head in confusion saying... 'is this right...' or 'I must have misread...'
The short story is, that I cannot match this output with my D700:
UNPROCESSED RAW: ISO12800, f/4, 1/500s FULL SIZE: UNPROCESSED RAW EXTRACTION JPG HERE...
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PROCESSED RAW: ISO12800, f/4, 1/1500s Click image for full size PROCESSED RAW CROP: ISO12800, f/4, 1/500s
This image was processed with minimal NR(single pass) and very little PP(if any).
The files are proving to have amazing latitude in both shadow and highlight recovery.
I am completely awestruck at the high ISO performance of the K-5 system.
[B]Next up...
ISO25600
Last edited by JohnBee; 05-01-2011 at 10:48 AM.